The Others, Ch.1
There are five Goddesses that rule the world. All five of the Goddesses have a mortal male counterpart, affectionately referred to as Others. The Goddesses look a lot like their Others, but they are very different personality-wise. Here's a list of the Goddesses and their Others:
Ti, the Goddess of Time- Heero
Em, the Goddess of Emotions- Quatre
Destiny, the Goddess of Fate- Trowa
Meiran, the Goddess of the Gateway- Wufei
Trio de Vida, the Goddess of Life- Duo
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"No, no, no, nnnoooo! Leave me alone, I have work to do!"
A tall, slender young girl smirked, and with a toss of her red brown hair, she continued to drag her friend. "You should be thanking me. You work too hard and you need a life."
The one being dragged growled, and her green eyes flashed. "I have a life, thank you very much. And unlike the rest of all of you, *I* pay attention to my responsibilities."
"Yeah, whatever. If that's your excuse for having no life, well then..."
They finally had arrived at their destination. Three girls sat at a card table, the one with mirthful blue eyes and long, brown hair was dealing the cards and chattering with the Chinese girl sitting next to her. A third girl with short blond hair was tilting back in her chair with her feet up on the table.
The one with blue eyes looked up. "You dragged her? If she didn't want to come, Destiny, you shouldn't have made her."
"One of these days she's going to work herself to death, which while being very ironic considering her job, will make more work for me. Besides," she said turning to the girl she had dragged, "if you die, poor Solo wouldn't have anyone to belittle and yell at him, and he'd might just end up happy for once. You wouldn't want that, now would you?"
"LET GO OF ME!"
The blond girl looked up, and smirked. "Vida, stop acting like you got a stick up your ass and sit down already."
Vida stopped struggling, sighed, pulled out a chair and slumped into it. "Fine, fine, ya'll win. Let's play."
Destiny grinned and sat between Vida and Ti, the girl dealing and setting up the game. Ti chattered with Destiny and Meiran. The girls all relaxed.
Trio de Vida looked around at friends. She liked hanging around them, but lately she had been under a lot at the job, so she was always worried that the moment she relaxed, everything would go wrong. Trio was the least normal looking of the five. She had emerald green eyes that resembled the color of a forest of trees. Her golden tan skin contrasted sharply with her long, pure white hair that was pulled into a braid.
Destiny was tall, with red brown hair that flowed to the middle of her back. It fell in front of face, hiding her pale green eye on the left.
The girls picked up their cards and began to play.
Time, also known as Ti, looked at her cards and frowned. Looks like I got dealt a bad hand. She ran her fingers through her very long moss-brown hair. Her sparkling Prussian blue eyes studied the shorthaired blond, Em, to see if she was much better off.
Em's face was professionally blank, not giving off any clues. Her mind wasn't really on the game anyway. She was instead thinking about getting her name changed. Em was not the kind of name someone who dressed all in black with multiple body piercings had. Maybe Lilith, she thought.
Meiran sat between Em and Ti. The Chinese girl grinned. I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win...
Trio de Vida smiled. She had a feeling she knew what Meiran was thinking. Meiran probably wouldn't win, but she'd probably do pretty well. As Trio loosened up, her appearance began to change. Her white hair began to turn chestnut, like a bottle of hair dye had been poured over her head until all her hair was brown. Her skin paled. As the game progressed, her eyes flickered from green to violet and back again until finally remaining the purple shade.
Ti grinned. When Trio was completely relaxed, her appearance would always change to look like her Other. Still grinning, she turned to Em.
Em was rubbing her temples and squeezing her eyes shut, like she had a migraine.
Trio looked over at Em and her eyes flicked back to green. Ti sighed. So much for her being relaxed.
Just then Em clutched at her heart, her cards splaying across the table. Her eyes were wide with shock. Trio was instantly at her side, steadying her, asking what was wrong. Her hair was rapidly turning white. Em gasped for breath and struggled to calm down.
"My...Other...Ti...yours...he..." she gasped out.
"Calm down and breathe. Then tell us."
Em struggled to control her self, and finally managed to shake off the obvious pain she was in. She gulped in air. "Sorry. It's my other. I didn't have the barrier up that normally stops him from overwhelming me like that. And since I'm the Goddess of Emotions, our connection is especially strong, adding to the fact that he's my other and he has that fucking 'Space Heart'. Ti- something upset him. It had to do with your other. Something is happening with him. My Other doesn't know what it is but he can feel it with his Space Heart."
Ti looked confused. Usually Em's Other's emotions were most strongly linked to Destiny's Other.
"Shit." Vida paled as she realized what was happening. Her hair was white again and her eyes resembled green fire. She snapped up her head. "Ti. Show me the time line. Now."
Ti frowned. "Rephrase that first. You keep forgetting that I'm the only Goddess here who you can't lord over. I think that-
"Ti! We don't have time for this! Show me the time line or I'll pull it out of you myself!"
Ti crossed her arms.
"Oh, fine. Ti, will you *please* show me the time line?"
"Certainly." she said with a smile. Ti's hand reached in to her own chest as if she was transparent and then slowly drew out a glowing white thread. With a quick yank, it was free. Holding both ends, she pulled it taut.
Vida peered closely at it. "There." She pointed to where it was coming unraveled. She peered a second longer.
"Damn your fucking Other, Ti!" she cursed and stalked away from the table. She stalked over to a plain white door standing alone in the middle of the room. She flung the door open, stepped inside, and slammed it behind her.
As soon as it had shut it disappeared, as if it had never been there.
Meiran smirked, and stared up at the blank whiteness that surrounded the card table.
There were no walls, no floors or ceilings, just whiteness with four girls and a card table.
She finally spoke, breaking the silence. Her voice snapped the girls out of the trance they had been in, just staring at the door.
"Poor Solo, Vida is going to be majorly pissed with him as soon as she's done salvaging the time line. Even though it probably is his entire fault, no one deserves to have to deal with a pissed off Vida. Destiny, why don't you try and go calm her down?"
"Me? Why me? Why don't you go?"
"Because I don't feel like have to deal with a pissed off Vida."
"Why don't we all go see her in a bit? Of course, she'll probably of killed Solo by then," she grinned, "But he starting to get on my nerves anyway."
They all nodded in agreement, and began to shuffle the cards for a new game. Let Vida worry about saving the world and the life of my Other, thought Ti, I have more important things to do, like winning this next round.
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Hello! Alexari here! What do ya think? Confusing? Things start getting explained in the second chapter. I just thought I'd get the first chapter up. It's not long, I realize that, but it's not supposed to be. It's just a preview. If you think I should right more on it, just review me. If you don't, well then, I'll take it down. If you want to flame me, fine. Just do it in an intelligent fashion.
There are five Goddesses that rule the world. All five of the Goddesses have a mortal male counterpart, affectionately referred to as Others. The Goddesses look a lot like their Others, but they are very different personality-wise. Here's a list of the Goddesses and their Others:
Ti, the Goddess of Time- Heero
Em, the Goddess of Emotions- Quatre
Destiny, the Goddess of Fate- Trowa
Meiran, the Goddess of the Gateway- Wufei
Trio de Vida, the Goddess of Life- Duo
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"No, no, no, nnnoooo! Leave me alone, I have work to do!"
A tall, slender young girl smirked, and with a toss of her red brown hair, she continued to drag her friend. "You should be thanking me. You work too hard and you need a life."
The one being dragged growled, and her green eyes flashed. "I have a life, thank you very much. And unlike the rest of all of you, *I* pay attention to my responsibilities."
"Yeah, whatever. If that's your excuse for having no life, well then..."
They finally had arrived at their destination. Three girls sat at a card table, the one with mirthful blue eyes and long, brown hair was dealing the cards and chattering with the Chinese girl sitting next to her. A third girl with short blond hair was tilting back in her chair with her feet up on the table.
The one with blue eyes looked up. "You dragged her? If she didn't want to come, Destiny, you shouldn't have made her."
"One of these days she's going to work herself to death, which while being very ironic considering her job, will make more work for me. Besides," she said turning to the girl she had dragged, "if you die, poor Solo wouldn't have anyone to belittle and yell at him, and he'd might just end up happy for once. You wouldn't want that, now would you?"
"LET GO OF ME!"
The blond girl looked up, and smirked. "Vida, stop acting like you got a stick up your ass and sit down already."
Vida stopped struggling, sighed, pulled out a chair and slumped into it. "Fine, fine, ya'll win. Let's play."
Destiny grinned and sat between Vida and Ti, the girl dealing and setting up the game. Ti chattered with Destiny and Meiran. The girls all relaxed.
Trio de Vida looked around at friends. She liked hanging around them, but lately she had been under a lot at the job, so she was always worried that the moment she relaxed, everything would go wrong. Trio was the least normal looking of the five. She had emerald green eyes that resembled the color of a forest of trees. Her golden tan skin contrasted sharply with her long, pure white hair that was pulled into a braid.
Destiny was tall, with red brown hair that flowed to the middle of her back. It fell in front of face, hiding her pale green eye on the left.
The girls picked up their cards and began to play.
Time, also known as Ti, looked at her cards and frowned. Looks like I got dealt a bad hand. She ran her fingers through her very long moss-brown hair. Her sparkling Prussian blue eyes studied the shorthaired blond, Em, to see if she was much better off.
Em's face was professionally blank, not giving off any clues. Her mind wasn't really on the game anyway. She was instead thinking about getting her name changed. Em was not the kind of name someone who dressed all in black with multiple body piercings had. Maybe Lilith, she thought.
Meiran sat between Em and Ti. The Chinese girl grinned. I'm gonna win, I'm gonna win...
Trio de Vida smiled. She had a feeling she knew what Meiran was thinking. Meiran probably wouldn't win, but she'd probably do pretty well. As Trio loosened up, her appearance began to change. Her white hair began to turn chestnut, like a bottle of hair dye had been poured over her head until all her hair was brown. Her skin paled. As the game progressed, her eyes flickered from green to violet and back again until finally remaining the purple shade.
Ti grinned. When Trio was completely relaxed, her appearance would always change to look like her Other. Still grinning, she turned to Em.
Em was rubbing her temples and squeezing her eyes shut, like she had a migraine.
Trio looked over at Em and her eyes flicked back to green. Ti sighed. So much for her being relaxed.
Just then Em clutched at her heart, her cards splaying across the table. Her eyes were wide with shock. Trio was instantly at her side, steadying her, asking what was wrong. Her hair was rapidly turning white. Em gasped for breath and struggled to calm down.
"My...Other...Ti...yours...he..." she gasped out.
"Calm down and breathe. Then tell us."
Em struggled to control her self, and finally managed to shake off the obvious pain she was in. She gulped in air. "Sorry. It's my other. I didn't have the barrier up that normally stops him from overwhelming me like that. And since I'm the Goddess of Emotions, our connection is especially strong, adding to the fact that he's my other and he has that fucking 'Space Heart'. Ti- something upset him. It had to do with your other. Something is happening with him. My Other doesn't know what it is but he can feel it with his Space Heart."
Ti looked confused. Usually Em's Other's emotions were most strongly linked to Destiny's Other.
"Shit." Vida paled as she realized what was happening. Her hair was white again and her eyes resembled green fire. She snapped up her head. "Ti. Show me the time line. Now."
Ti frowned. "Rephrase that first. You keep forgetting that I'm the only Goddess here who you can't lord over. I think that-
"Ti! We don't have time for this! Show me the time line or I'll pull it out of you myself!"
Ti crossed her arms.
"Oh, fine. Ti, will you *please* show me the time line?"
"Certainly." she said with a smile. Ti's hand reached in to her own chest as if she was transparent and then slowly drew out a glowing white thread. With a quick yank, it was free. Holding both ends, she pulled it taut.
Vida peered closely at it. "There." She pointed to where it was coming unraveled. She peered a second longer.
"Damn your fucking Other, Ti!" she cursed and stalked away from the table. She stalked over to a plain white door standing alone in the middle of the room. She flung the door open, stepped inside, and slammed it behind her.
As soon as it had shut it disappeared, as if it had never been there.
Meiran smirked, and stared up at the blank whiteness that surrounded the card table.
There were no walls, no floors or ceilings, just whiteness with four girls and a card table.
She finally spoke, breaking the silence. Her voice snapped the girls out of the trance they had been in, just staring at the door.
"Poor Solo, Vida is going to be majorly pissed with him as soon as she's done salvaging the time line. Even though it probably is his entire fault, no one deserves to have to deal with a pissed off Vida. Destiny, why don't you try and go calm her down?"
"Me? Why me? Why don't you go?"
"Because I don't feel like have to deal with a pissed off Vida."
"Why don't we all go see her in a bit? Of course, she'll probably of killed Solo by then," she grinned, "But he starting to get on my nerves anyway."
They all nodded in agreement, and began to shuffle the cards for a new game. Let Vida worry about saving the world and the life of my Other, thought Ti, I have more important things to do, like winning this next round.
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Hello! Alexari here! What do ya think? Confusing? Things start getting explained in the second chapter. I just thought I'd get the first chapter up. It's not long, I realize that, but it's not supposed to be. It's just a preview. If you think I should right more on it, just review me. If you don't, well then, I'll take it down. If you want to flame me, fine. Just do it in an intelligent fashion.